High School Sports

Local high school athletes have been competing in their respective league track and field championships and most recently the Central Coast Section semifinals at Gilroy High School on May 13. Those who qualified will compete in the section championships at Gilroy High on Saturday...

Pajaro Valley senior Cesar Velazquez had one goal and three assists in the Grizzlies’ 6-0 crushing victory over Rancho San Juan in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys soccer action Monday. Juniors Raymond Mata and Andres Perez, along with freshmen Oscar Lopez, Julio Cruz...

Aptos High made its return to the diamond in February on a mission for a fourth straight league baseball championship in 2024.  It won’t be a cakewalk, though. Led by ninth-year head coach Jason Biancardi, he knows the Mariners will once again be the target of...

APTOS—Aptos High alumna Elizabeth Churchill has danced everything from ballet to more upbeat jazz and lyrical performances.  It’s taken her years to hone her skills, including how to sauté with such ease that it looks like at times she could be floating in mid-air.   This past...

With just days leading up to the 2025 season-opener, Watsonville football head coach Manny Contreras was already required to make a potential season-changing roster move at quarterback. Tino Razo, a senior, injured his wrist during the Santa Cruz County Football Jamboree on Aug. 23, forcing...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior Brodie Legions had been preparing for their meeting against Marina High, which beat the Wildcatz boys’ basketball earlier this season in a tournament that they hosted. The standout forward wanted to win not just as redemption but because they knew it would...

SCOTTS VALLEY—It was the intense rematch rivalry game basketball fans wanted to witness—Aptos and Santa Cruz battling it out for the league title in what was sure to be an epic finale. Except, reality often doesn’t meet expectations. The Cardinals imposed their will upon the Mariners...

WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian girls’ lacrosse team is still somewhat of a new program that has been slowly developing over the past three years when they first arrived on the scene. Sure, one can still consider the Mustangs as the new kids on the block...

APTOS—It was a cold chilly night for Aptos High football fans who were bundled up and ready to see some action on Trevin Dilfer Memorial Field one final time this season. The No. 3 seeded Mariners did not disappoint the home crowd as they dominated...

Aptos High junior Alexa Castañeda had four assists and one goal in the Mariners' win over San Lorenzo Valley High in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls soccer action Thursday. Fellow teammate sophomore Isabella Hartnett had a pair of goals, and freshman Gigi Zuñiga had...